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0hy kingdom 
Gome 

A Book of Social Prayers for Public 
and Private 'Worship 



COMPILED BY 

RALPH E. DIFFENDORFER 



NEW YORK 

Missionary Education Movement of 

the United States and Canada 

1914 






Copyright, 1914, by 

MISSIONARY EDUCATION MOVEMENT OF THE 

UNITED STATES AND CANADA 



>CI.A380806 

OCT 12 I91v 



Contents; 

PAGE 

The Coming of the Kingdom 7 

J. Ernest McAfee, Secretary, Board of Home 
Missions, Presbyterian Chiirch in the U. S. A., 
New York City 

Prayer as Taught and Practised by 
Jesus 8 

Selected 

A Social Interpretation of the Lord's 
Prayer 9 

F. Herbert Stead, Warden of Robert Brown- 
ing Settlement, Walworth, London, S. E. 

For Confidence in Prayer 12 

Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil 

A Social Litany 13 

Social Service Commission of the Diocese of 
Massachusetts 

Responsive Intercessions 15 

National Board of the Young Women's Chris- 
tian Association, New York City 

For the Grace of Love 17 

Chenting T. Wang, Shanghai, China 

For the Spirit of Social Service 18 

Selected 

For Social Justice 19 

Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book 

For Stewardship 20 

Sir W. Robertson NicoU, in the British Weekly 

For True and Full Democracy 21 

J. Ernest McAfee, Secretary, Board of Home 
Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., 
New York City 

For International Brotherhood 22 

Sidney L. Gulick, the Doshisha, Kyoto, Japan 

For Peace 23 

Robert W. Rogers, Professor, Drew Theo- 
logical Seminary, Madison, N. J. 

For Magistrates and Rulers 24 

Momay Williams, New York City 
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Contents; 

PAGE 

A Woman's Prayer for the Social Wel- 
fare '. 25 

Helen Ring Robinson, State Senator, Denver, 
Colo. 

A Man's Prayer for the Social Wel- 
fare 26 

W. E. Doughty, Educational Secretary, Lay- 
men's Missionary Movement, New York City 

A Boy's and Girl's Prayer 27 

Hugh Hartshome, Superintendent, Union 
School of Religion, New York City 

A Children's Litany 28 

Selected 

For Workingmen 29 

Charles Stelzle, Social Engineer, New York 
City 

For Children Who Work 30 

Momay Williams, New York City 

For Children 31 

Selected from The Spirit of Missions 

The Prayer of the Immigrant 32 

William P. Shriver, Superintendent, Depart- 
ment of Immigration, Board of Home Missions, 
Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., New York 
City 

The Prayer of the Farmer 33 

J. N. McDonald, Pastor, First Presbyterian 
Church, Maroa, Illinois 

The Prayer of a Red Man 34 

Henry Roe Cloud, a Winnebago Indian, 
Winnebago, Nebraska 

The Prayer of an American Negro 35 

H. H. Proctor, Pastor, First Congregational 
Chiirch, Atlanta, Georgia 

The Prayer of a Japanese 36 

Katsuji Kato, Japanese Christian Student 
Secretary for America 

The Prayer of a Korean 37 

Ju Sam Ryang, Yale Divinity School, New 
Haven, Connecticut 

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Contents^ 

PAGE 

The Prayer of a Chinese 38 

Peng Chun Chang, Chinese Christian Student 
Secretary for America 

The Prayer of a Filipino 39 

Isodore Panlasiqui, Pastor, Manila, Philip- 
pine Islands 

The Prayer of a Telugu 40 

Murari David, Telugu Pastor 

The Prayer of a Burman 41 

Shway Ba, Burmese Teacher 

For the New Intellectual Awakening 
IN Moslem Lands 42 

Samuel M. Zwemer, Mission Press, Cairo, 
Egypt 

For the Awakening of India 43 

Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali Poet, in Git- 
anjali 

For Africa 44 

Walter R. Lambuth, Bishop, Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, South 

For Mexico 45 

John W. Butler, Superintendent, Methodist 
Mission, Mexico City, Mexico 

For the Kingdom of God 46 

Walter Rauschenbusch, in Prayers of the 
Social Awakening 

For the Church Universal 47 

Archbishop Laud 

For the Church in Its Community 48 

Worth M. Tippy, Pastor, Ep worth Memorial 
Church, Cleveland, Ohio 

For World-wide Witness to Christ. ... 49 

Hugh L. Burleson, Editorial Secretary, Do- 
mestic and Foreign Missionary Society, Protes- 
tant Episcopal Church, New York City 

For the Extension of the Kingdom 50 

Henry van Dyke, United States Minister to 
Holland 

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Contents; 

PAGE 

For the Spread of the Gospel 51 

The Manual of St. Augustine 

For Missions 52 

The Book of Common Prayer 

For Missionaries 53 

R. P. Mackay, Secretary, Board of Foreign 
Missions, Presbyterian Church in Canada, 
Toronto, Ontario 

For Missionary Recruits 54 

Selected 

For Recruits among Women 55 

Selected 

For a Missionary Meeting 56 

Mrs. Fred Smith Bennett, President, 
"Woman's Board of Home Missions of the 
Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. 

The Prayer of a Group of Young 

People 57 

The Boston Northfield League 

For the Visible Unity of Christendom. 58 

Selected 

For the Unity of God's People 59 

The Book of Common Prayer 

Grace before Meat 60 

Walter Rauschenbusch, in Prayers of the 
So cial Awakening 

For an Answer to Prayer 61 

St. Chrysostom 

Meditation after Prayer 62 

Selected 



Wnt Coming of tfje ^ingbom 

y^-HE kingdom of heaven on earth is 
f ^ feasible. This should be the first 
^^^ article of our Christian faith. And 
our faith should be for us verily 
"the substance of things hoped for, the 
evidence of things not seen." The Chris- 
tian should leave to others a monopoly of 
pessimism. However much pessimists may 
doubt, the Christian should be sure that the 
kingdom of heaven is to be realized here, 
— progressively realized, realized better the 
day after to-morrow than to-morrow, — yet 
it is to be realized, and the Christian is 
never to surrender his hope nor to give over 
his effort. Our impotence comes of our 
doubts, and they are unworthy of us. How 
are these social iniquities, and misfittings, 
and overreachings, and shortcomings, jeal- 
ousy and evil cunning, the carelessness of 
the opulent and the insane distress of the 
down-trodden, the vice of the incorrigible 
and the irresponsible waywardness of the 
unthinking — how are all these to be sub- 
merged or banished or abolished? That is 
for us to find out. Above all must we never 
lose confidence in the divine intention. We 
must never minimize prayer. We must 
never lack the bravery of communion with 
the divine counsels. No task is too great 
and no confusion is utterly bewildering to 
those who maintain pure and true and 
strong the courage of prayer. 



draper as; araugijt anb ^ractisieb 

"I ^^ IS prayer before temptation. — Luke 
W 1 iii. 21 ; iv. 1-13. 

^L^C His prayer before appointing the 

Twelve. — Luke vi. 12-16. 
His prayer before the Sermon on the 

Mount. — Luke vi. 12, 17-49. 
His practise of common prayer. — Luke iv. 

16-32; Mark i. 21, 22. 
His teaching as to the manner of prayer. 

—Matt. vi. 5-8. 
His teaching as to the matter of prayer. — 

Matt. vi. 9-15. 
His teaching as to earnestness in prayer. — 

Matt. vii. 7-1 1 ; Luke xi. 5-10; xviii. 1-8. 
His teaching as to the object of prayer. — 

Luke xi. 11-13. 
His prayer after serving the people. — Matt. 

xiv. 22, 23. 
His prayer before his glory was manifested. 

— Luke ix. 28-36. 
His story about vain prayer. — Luke xviii. 

9-14. 
His prayer in sorrow. — John xi. 17-44. 
His prayer in joy. — Luke x. 17-24; Matt. xi. 

25-30. 
His teaching as to the condition and power 

of prayer. — Matt, xviii. 19, 20; Mark xi. 

22-25. 
His warning as concerning too much formal 

prayer. — Luke xx. 45-47; Matt. vi. 7, 8. 
His exhortation to vigilant prayer. — Luke 

xxi. 34-36: Matt. xxiv. 32-xxv. 13. 
His promises to the prayerful. — John xiv. 

12-17; XV. 7-10; xvi. 23, 24. 
His prayer for all Christians. — John xvii. 
His prayer for himself. — Matt. xxvi. 36-44. 
His prayers from the cross. — Luke xxiii. 34, 

46. 



^ foetal Snterjpretatton o( ttie 
%ovti'i draper 



o 



UR FATHER WHO ART IN 
HEAVEN, 

HALLOWED BE THY NAME. 



May all souls revere thee. 

Thou art more than all the world. 

Help us to honor thee with our trust 
and with all that we are, and do, and 
bear. 

May our first thoughts every day be thine. 

May all social worship be real and up- 
lifting. 

Add followers to our fellowship. 

**May more of reverence in us dwell." 

THY KINGDOM COME. 

Thy kingdom is the society of souls 
whose law and life are love, wherein 
thou art Father, thy Son is Lord, 
and all men are brothers through the 
fellowship of thy Spirit. It is right- 
eousness, peace, and joy. 

Be thou King over us. Control, direct, 
command us. 

Grant us conscious fellowship with thee 
in all we do and say. 

May we find fellowship with thee in 
every sphere of common life: our 
home, our circle of friends, our 
church, our town, our country, and 
the world. 

THY WILL BE DONE, AS IN 
HEAVEN, SO ON EARTH. 

Help us to prove what is thy good and 

well-pleasing and perfect will. 
Help us to do thy will in our work. 



ai Social interpretation of tfje lorb's; 
draper — Continueb 

Help us to bring as much of heaven as 
we can into home, and workshop, 
and wherever we meet with other 
people. May love cast out selfishness. 

May fear give place to trust, lying to 
truth, greed to generosity, vice to 
purity, drunkenness to self-control, 
gambling to true sport, impatience 
to fortitude, ill temper to gentleness. 

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY 
BREAD. 

Give steady work to the workless. 

Raise the wages that are too low. 

Shorten the hours that are too long. 

Relieve the hungry children, the under- 
fed and overworked women. 

Bring help and reverence to the aged 
poor. 

End the curse of sweating and of starva- 
' tion wages. 

May the poor have breathing space. 

Give homes to the homeless and to the 
overcrowded. 

Create among us a social providence 
which shall so distribute thy bounty 
that all may have enough. 

AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS 
WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN OUR 
DEBTORS. 

Grant us grace to forgive every trespass. 
Bless thou those who owe us most and 

love us least. 
Help us to love our enemies and to do 

good to them that hate us. 
May the power of thy peace quench hate 

between parties, feud between classes, 

ill will between nations. 

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sa Social interpretation of tfie Horb'S 
draper— Continueb 

May neighboriiness be stronger than 
party or class, and humanity than 
nationality. 

May law displace war. Render effective 
the tribunal established at The Hague 
for the settlement of disputes be- 
tween the nations. 

Take away our sins. 

AND BRING US NOT INTO TEMP- 
TATION. 

Guide us continually. 
Let us know that thou art guiding us. 
Help us to trust thy guidance most when 
we understand it least. 

BUT DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL. 

From coldness of heart to God and man; 
from distrust; from anxiety, which is 
atheism; from anger, evil-speaking, 
ill will toward any; from greed; from 
impurity; from drunkenness; from 
gambling; from self-will in all its 
forms: and from those faults to 
which we are most inclined. 



II 



jFor Confidence in draper 

HORD, our God, great, eternal, won- 
derful in glory, who keepest cove- 
nants and promises for those that 
love thee with their whole heart; 
who art the Life of all, the Help of those 
that flee unto thee, the Hope of those who 
cry unto thee; cleanse us from our sins, 
secret and open, and from every thought 
displeasing to thy goodness, — cleanse our 
bodies and souls, our hearts and con- 
sciences, that with a pure heart and a clear 
soul, with perfect love and calm hope, we 
may venture confidently and fearlessly to 
pray unto thee. Amen. 



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^ Social Ettanp 

God the Father, of whom all father- 
hood is named; 

Have mercy upon us. 



O God the Son, Brother of all mankind; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O God the Holy Ghost, dwelling in all men; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Holy Trinity, wherein three are one; 

Have mercy upon us. 

Remember not. Lord, our offenses, nor the 
offenses of our Church and nation; 
neither smite us for our sins; 

Spare us, good Lord. 

From the sins that divide us; from all class 
bitterness and race hatred; from for- 
getfulness of thee and indifference to 
our fellow men; 
Good Lordj deliver us. 

From the corruption of the franchise and 
of civil government; and from restraint 
upon the freedom of the press; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From the fear of unemployment and the 
evils of overwork; from the curse of 
child-labor and from ill-paid toil; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From the luxury that enervates; from the 
poverty that degrades; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From intemperance and lust; from the 
greed of money, and from all that 
hardens our heart against thee and 
against our neighbor; 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

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a Social Eitanp— Continued 

O Lord God, may it please thee to inspire 
thy Church with the vision of the New 
Jerusalem, coming down from heaven 
to men; 

We beseech fliee to hear us^ good Lord. 

That it may please thee to unite the inhabi- 
tants of every city, state, and nation in 
the bonds of peace and concord; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That thy followers may be strong to 
achieve industrial justice, and to bid 
the oppressed go free; 

We beseech thee to hetr us, good Lord. 

That all groups of workers and employers 
may fashion their mutual dealings ac- 
cording to the law of Christ, and make 
the welfare of the ieast of these his 
brothers their common aim; # 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That the great masses of humanity may 
rise out of base anxieties to a full 
measure of life's opportunity; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That the resources of the earth, which all 
men need, may no longer be controlled 
for the profit of a few; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That Christ's command, "That ye love one 
another; even as I have loved you," may 
enter our lives with power; 
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

Son of God, who hast made thine own the 
cause of all who suffer wrong; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world; 

Grant us thy peace. 

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HOR ail whom thou hast summoned 
to labor in thy vineyard, for all 
who teach them how the fruit is 
garnered; for all who seek for 
workers in white harvest fields, for all who 
bring thee of thine own, and all who with- 
hold still the answer to thy glorious sum- 
mons to serve thee night and day, 

We intercede before thy throne^ Spirit of 
Love. 

For all who press along the paths of 
truth, who seek for wisdom and would 
know thy laws, who dare to probe the 
mystery of the universe, yet challenge every 
phase of truth or call it false, for all who 
long for freedom and the better way, yet 
strive half-hearted or with flagging will, 
for those who question and for those who 
find. 

We intercede before thy throne. Spirit of 
Love. 

For all who are among the cities' throng- 
ing multitudes, who dwell in comfort and 
know no ceaseless struggle for their daily 
bread, for those who bear the burden of 
the world's long days, for all borne down 
with bitter grief or anguished sorrow, for 
all who find thy radiant joy along the 
way, for all who serve the aged or the sick, 
for all who guide the footsteps of thy little 
ones, 

We intercede before thy throne. Spirit of 
Love. 

For all who toil before the dawn and 
tarry working till the night is spent, for 
all deprived the right of play, who break 
beneath the load they cannot bear, for all 
who come from distant nations to our 
gates and grope in baffled weariness before 

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^Resiponsitoe Mttxtts^ssiom—Continnt'h 

our curious speech and stranger ways, for 
all the unbefriended set in peril's path, 

We intercede before thy throne. Spirit of 
Love. 

For all who dwell apart and long for 
comradeship, for all who face the sharp 
temptations of their loneliness, for all dis- 
couraged by the common round of petty 
drudgery, for all who glory in the power 
to share thy gifts of joy, of knowledge, and 
of growing life. 

We intercede before thy throne, Spirit of 
Love, 

For all in distant lands whose ears have 
never heard the story of the Savior's love, 
for all bound down by custom's cruel chain, 
for all sunk deep in dark despair, for all 
who crouch in darkness and the prison- 
house of sin, for all who cling to falsehood 
and to deadening fear, for all who grope 
their way in new and untried paths, for all 
who bring good tidings and release. 

We intercede before thy throne. Spirit of 
Love. 



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Jfor t^e (grace of 5Lobe 

OUR Heavenly Father, we thank thee 
for thy great love in giving us 
thine only begotten Son, that who- 
soever believeth on him should not 
perish, but have eternal life. By his life 
of good-will and helpful service to man- 
kind, he has shown to us that thou art our 
common loving Father and that we are thy 
children, and that as children of the same 
Father we should love and help one an- 
other. We thank thee that thy gospel of 
love has drawn men of all nations, tribes, 
and classes throughout the world closer 
than ever before. 

We pray thee that thou wilt deepen our 
love for thee and mankind. Help us to 
realize our opportunity to manifest thy love 
by our loving service to one another. May 
we seek diligently to fulfil thy holy pur- 
pose that all men should come to know 
and love thee and have love one for the 
other. Forgive us our selfishness and hard- 
heartedness and wash us clean with the 
blood of our dear Savior, who has come 
that we may have life, and may have it 
abundantly. We ask all these things in his 
name. Amen. 



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Jfor tfje Spirit of Social ^erbice 

''*•— ^ESUS, our Master and our Friend, 
Q I who claimest our service through 
V,,^* the needs of our neighbors, grant 
us so to see thine image in all our 
fellow creatures that in serving them we 
may minister to thee; who livest and reign- 
est with the Father and the Holy Spirit, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 



EROM loss of faith, from bitterness of 
spirit, from cynicism and contempt, 
save us, O God. To all those who 
are striving to rouse the apathetic, 
or struggling against prejudice and opposi- 
tion, whether in success or in failure, grant 
boldness and humility, patience and zeal, 
and the joy of thy Holy Spirit of righteous- 
ness and truth. Amen. 



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jFor Social Sfugtite 

HORD, who with thy liberal and 
bountiful hand providest enough 
for all mankind, whose gifts are 
by goodness and free favor made 
common to all men, while we by our covet- 
ousness and distrust have made them pri- 
vate and peculiar, correct thou the thing 
which our iniquity hath put out of order, 
and let thy goodness supply that which our 
niggardliness hath plucked away. O Foun- 
tain of all good things, wash thou away 
these so sundry, so manifold, and so great 
miseries, with one drop of the water of 
thy mercy, for the sake of Jesus Christ, 
thine only Son our Lord. Amen. 



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OLORD, our merciful Father, we 
thank thee that thou, the living 
God, mayst become our sure trust, 
and that, relying on thee, we are 
building on no uncertain foundation, and 
shall be sure to have from thee richly all 
things to enjoy. Help us, we pray thee, 
more and more to turn our hearts and 
thoughts from creatures if they conflict 
with our supreme dependence upon thee, 
and to turn ourselves wholly to our God. 
Building on thee, may we lay up in store 
for ourselves a good foundation, and lay 
hold on eternal life. Help us day by day 
to maintain good works for necessary uses. 
Guide us by thy counsel, preserve us from 
all error and from all wandering of heart 
and will, rebellion against thy providence, 
dissatisfaction with our condition, hanker- 
ing after perishable things which belong to 
others, reliance on perishable things which 
are entrusted to us. May we more and more 
feel that in regard to everything, both ma- 
terial and spiritual, which enriches and 
gladdens our lives and hearts we are stew- 
ards and not owners; and so may use all 
things, — sorrows, joys, gains, losses, work, 
rest, and all that Thou dost send us, — for 
their highest purpose, that by our steward- 
ship we may be led nearer to thyself. 
Amen. 



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jfor ^Crue anb :lfuU ©emocratp 

HOR rule of the people we bless thee, 
O God; for sovereignty of equals 
and for equal lot in justice, oppor- 
tunity, and unselfish ministries; for 
sincere mind to think of neighbors' weal, 
to wish all good to fellow countrymen and 
to the common citizenry of earth in every 
land and race; for heritage of democracy, 
to show the will of God in humanity's de- 
sire, which bids acclaim no mere man lord, 
bids hearken to the voice of God in rea- 
soned mandate of the whole people; for 
measured equity which yields no place to 
iron autocrat and capricious potentate, nor 
flings us in the broils of petty kings. 

Teach us to hate all hate, to live in peace, 
to work our work, and dwell content in 
undestroying, indestructible industry. 

Show forth in us the benign arts of 
brotherhood; break down all unfratemal, 
artificial, arbitrary privilege; grant us the 
joy of struggle for others' gain; and estab- 
lish here thy universal and imperishable 
Kingdom, the commonwealth of loving 
hearts and skilful hands. 

Train here the universal man; expand the 
nation till no zeal for narrow sovereignty 
can circumscribe its bounds, 

God bless a chosen people, claimed from 
all the earth, and seal thy choice in beni- 
sons of good to all mankind; choose us to 
serve, and grant us skill to mediate and 
arbitrate and quell base passions in our 
own and others' breasts. 

O King of love and right and holy serv- 
anthood, make strong thy sway, and set it 
so firm it cannot fail — the true and full 
democracy. 

Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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jFor Snternational ptot|)eri)ooli 

OTHOU who hast made of one blood 
all nations of men, help us to see 
the largeness and wisdom of thy 
ways. Thou dost love all men and 
dost yearn to bring them into the fulness 
of thine own rich life. They are all en- 
folded in thy plans. While we glory in the 
Christ whom thou hast given to us, pre- 
serve us, Heavenly Father, from spiritual 
arrogance and race pride. May our eyes 
not be dim to the goodness and truth which 
thou hast revealed to others. Make us 
more like Christ who rejoiced in the faith 
of the Roman centurion and praised the 
noble deeds of the Good Samaritan. 

Open our eyes, O Lord, to the mystery 
revealed in Christ, and now proclaimed 
afresh in the contact of the races, the 
mystery that in thy Kingdom Gentiles are 
fellow heirs with the Jews, heathen nations 
with the Christian. May the day soon come 
when race pride and prejudice shall vanish 
from the earth and universal good-will pre- 
vail. 

Forgive, O Lord, our narrowness, our 
selfishness, our pride, and lead us into the 
fulness of thine own large heart and in- 
finite life. Make us in truth thy children, 
through Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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jFor ^eace 




'LMIGHTY GOD, Creator and Re- 
deemer of all mankind, who hast 
set thy people apart into many 
nations, we beseech thee to mag- 
nify in the hearts of all men the thought of 
their common brotherhood in thee, and so 
to order the patriotism of all as to increase 
the love of each for other. 

Move the hearts of rulers, so far as in 
them lies, to spare their several peoples 
the misery of war; and help the people 
who acknowledge^ their authority to lay 
aside all hate and jealousy of other nations, 
and to give heed to counsels of friendli- 
ness and prudence. 

Give thy grace and heavenly benediction 
to all agencies that strive after peace among 
the nations. Hasten the day when war 
shall be no more; nor the widow and 
orphan of soldier or sailor go about the 
streets, and the labor of the husbandman 
be set at naught. Bring speedily the hour 
when men everywhere shall sing praises 
unto thy name, giving thanks that the 
Prince of Peace hath come to reign forever 
and ever. 

Hear us, O God, in the name and for the 
merits of Jesus Christ our Lord and 
Savior, to whom with thee and the Holy 
Ghost be all honor and glory, both now 
and forever. Amen. 



23 



Jf or fHa^isittatti anb S^ulersi 

OGOD, who art the Ruler of rulers; 
who dost guide and control not 
alone worlds and systems of 
worlds, but men and nations; who 
art the Author of law and the Lover of 
men, grant, we beseech thee, unto all magis- 
trates, administrators, and office-bearers 
among the people, not only to worship thy 
name and reverence thy power, but also 
worthily to imitate thy character, that they 
may bear rule and exercise authority with 
an eye single to the good of the community 
and the welfare of all men. May they 
neither seek nor hold office for the gratifica- 
tion of personal ambition, nor for the at- 
tainment of personal wealth, but for the 
opportunity of serving others. Make them 
alike indifferent to the applause of the 
multitude and to the favors of the rich and 
powerful. May they be just to all men, 
defenders of the right, helpers of the weak, 
comforters of the sorrowing, and uplifters 
of the fallen. 

And, we beseech thee, O God, that thou 
wouldst inspire all those who make laws 
and ordinances, that, as by thy Spirit, order 
was brought out of chaos, and light out of 
darkness, and life by light, so, amid the 
noise and confusion and strife of the mine, 
the factory, the market-place, and the street, 
there may come forth the vision of the City 
Beautiful and of the people that doeth 
righteousness. 

And to thy name be glory through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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ja Roman's! draper for tije Social 
Wtltatt 

OGOD, our Father, our souls are 
made sick by the sight of hunger 
and want and nakedness; of little 
children bearing on their bent 
backs the burden of the world's work; of 
motherhood drawn under the grinding 
wheels of modern industry; and of over- 
burdened manhood, with empty hands, 
stumbling and falling. 

Help us to understand that it is not thy 
purpose to do away with life's struggle, 
but that thou desirest us to make the con- 
ditions of that struggle just and its results 
fair. 

Enable us to know that we may bring 
this to pass only through love and sym- 
pathy and understanding; only as we realize 
that all are alike thy children — the rich and 
the poor, the strong and the weak, the 
fortunate and the unfortunate. And so, our 
Father, give us an ever-truer sense of 
human sisterhood; that with patience and 
steadfastness we may do our part in ending 
the injustice that is in the land, so that all 
may rejoice in the fruits of their toil and 
be glad in thy sunshine. 

Keep us in hope and courage even amid 
the vastness of the undertaking and the 
slowness of the progress, and sustain us 
with the knowledge that our times are in 
thy hand. Amen. 



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la idan'si draper for tije foetal 
Welfare 

O CARPENTER o£ Nazareth, thou 
Perfect man, hear thou the prayer 
of the millions of men who go out 
to toil. Give us an unyielding pur- 
pose to do an honest day's work, to turn 
out a product without fault or flaw. May 
we go forth to long and exhausting labor 
with keen delight, but in it all keep us from 
devotion to sordid things. Save us from 
the deadening monotony of toil by filling 
our minds with thoughts of thee and our 
spare moments with enriching ministry. 
Inspire us to center all personal ideals in 
thee and all social ideals in the kingdom of 
God. When the sun goes down at night 
send us homeward to sweet ministry to wife 
and children and friends and the larger 
family of the community and the world. 

O Man of Sorrows, whose heart is for- 
ever moved by the weariness and pain of 
mankind, who didst find healing for thy 
wounds in self-forgetting service, inspire 
us to increase the spiritual wealth of the 
world by the burdens we bear, and the 
wounds we heal, the suffering we prevent, 
the intercessions we make. 

O Warrior Christ, inspire us to greet the 
struggle for righteousness with an intense 
joy, and, having fought to the end, may we 
remain victors on the field. All of which 
we ask in the name that prevails always, 
even the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 



2Q 



^ pop'jf anb 0kVi draper 

OTHOU who art the Father o£ all 
earth's children, we thank thee for 
thy never-failing care. Thou de- 
sirest that all men everywhere 
should be thy friends. We would be thy 
friends. We would bring to thee our com- 
panionships, that we may help build the 
great world family, which is to be thy 
kingdom of righteousness and peace. 

Thou hast taught us to love one another, 
and we have not done so. We have not 
been helpful when our help was needed. 
All day our parents toil for us, and we are 
careless of their weariness. Our teachers 
tire of their burden, and we are not grate- 
ful. The great Church of Christ, into 
which we were born, freely offers us its 
fellowship and friendly counsel, and we are 
unmindful of our privilege. We have failed 
to do our humble duties. We have been 
thankless for that which we have received 
and for which we have given nothing in 
return. 

Forgive us, O merciful Father. We are 
ashamed of our selfishness. Fill us with 
thine own great-hearted kindness. Day by 
day, at home, in school, on the streets, help 
us to enrich the lives of those with whom 
we live. With good-will may we lend a 
helping hand to all, joyfully doing our 
share of the work of thy kingdom. 

This we ask in the name of Jesus, our 
Master and Friend. Amen. 



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o 



a Cfjilbren'fli Eitanp 

EAR Heavenly Father of all the 
children of the earth; 

Have mercy upon us. 



O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst become 
a child to redeem all nations; 

Have mercy upon us. 

That in all the families of the world par- 
ents and children may learn to have a fear 
and love of thy holy name; 

We pray thee, dear Lord, 

That a blessing may rest upon the homes 
of all missionaries, and that protection may 
be granted to all missionary fathers and 
mothers ; 

We pray thee, dear Lord. 

That we may earnestly desire to bring 
some child, who does not understand, into 
the light of the Star of Bethlehem; 

We pray thee, dear Lord, 

That homes and hospitals which minister 
to the needs of children may be blessed, 
and their number multiplied; 

We pray thee, dear Lord. 

For Christian nurture, Christian homes, 
and Christian parents; 

We thank thee, dear Lord, 

For the Babe of Bethlehem in the 
manger, and the Christ-Child in the car- 
penter shop; 

We thank thee, dear Lord. 



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Jpot Wotkinzmtn 

OUR Father, we pray that thou wilt 
give unto us the same broad sym- 
pathy toward the poor and op- 
pressed which was so manifest in 
the life of Jesus Christ, thy Son, the Car- 
penter. 

We praise thee that in the Christian 
world the toilers are honored and respected 
because of the teachings of our Lord. But 
we pray thee that soon there shall be a 
great brotherhood of all the men who toil 
— whether in shop or store, in factory or 
office, on the farm or in the school, or wher- 
ever else men are doing the world's work, 
as employers or employees — so that they 
all may be one, even as thou and thy Son 
Jesus are One. 

May the women and the children in these 
homes of the workers have the comforts 
which make life richer and fuller. May 
they in body, mind, and soul be developed, 
so that they may have that abundant life 
which Jesus came to give unto all. 

Give thy Church a clearer view of her 
task of leadership in securing greater jus- 
tice for the toilers and in making their lives 
count for most both here and hereafter. 

Help us to understand more fully those 
who sincerely, though often in bitterness 
of spirit, are fighting for justice, or even 
for daily bread. 

Keep us from impatience with those 
whose plans for securing industrial justice 
differ from our own. Give unto us all 
the vision of the prophet who sees the day 
when all the ills of society shall be cured, 
but ever make us mindful of the opportu- 
nities for rendering humbler service to 
others, while we wait and work for the 
better day. Amen. 



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Jfor Ctlilbren Wl^o Woxk 

OTHOU who through the childhood 
of thy Son, our Savior, hast taught 
us the sanctity of child life, we 
pray unto thee for the children who 
work. By precept and example thou hast 
taught us the dignity of labor and the holi- 
ness of rest; suffer us not to profane the 
Sabbath of childhood, that thou hast insti- 
tuted for man's development, by imposing 
burdens on the shoulders of children which 
they were not intended to bear, and by 
making old their faces before their years. 
As thou hast, by thy Holy Son, set before 
us a little child as the type of the inheritor 
of the kingdom of heaven, deliver us from 
the awful guilt of those who, in placing 
stumbling-blocks before thy little ones, 
hang millstones about their own necks. 
That thou shouldst avert thy judgments, 
which are true and righteous altogether, we 
dare not ask, but we beseech thee that the 
time past of our lives may suffice us for our 
own and our nation's sin against the chil- 
dren, and that from henceforth we may 
bear uncomplainingly our own burdens, and 
never, for greed of gain or weariness of 
life, shift them to shoulders younger and 
weaker than our own. And this we ask in 
the name and for the sake of thy Holy 
Child, Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 



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Jfoc Ctjilbren 

V|rfE thank thee, O Lord, 

til For t^^ sweet and silent years of 

VX/ the holy Childhood. 

For the light and gladness 
brought into the world by little children. 

For thy servants who, by word and good 
example, are protecting and guiding thy 
lambs in the dark and waste places. 

For Christian nurture, Christian homes, 
and Christian parents, which are the gifts 
of the Christ-Child to our nation; the 
strength of its life and the hope of its 
future. 

For thine assurance that inasmuch as we 
have done it unto the least of thy little 
ones, we have done it unto thee. 

For the growing interest and cooperation 
of the children of the Church in the up- 
building of the world-wide Kingdom. 

May it please Thee, 

To guard and protect the innocence of 
children, and by their example to win men 
and women to a worthier life. 

To purify the life of the family and direct 
parents in their sacred task, that children 
may have a fear and love of thy holy name. 

To bring to the mothers of the world the 
knowledge which alone can sanctify their 
joy and soothe their sorrow. 



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tEfje draper of ttie Smmigrant 

OGOD, the Father o£ us humble folk, 
we need thy care. We are far from 
home, we are strangers and there 
is none to help us. The tedious 
voyage, the anxiety of entrance, the confu- 
sion, the shrill commanding voices have left 
us sore distraught. Our women and children 
are weary with waiting; they crave a home 
and a place to rest. But thou, our God, hast 
quickened in our hearts this hope, this 
eager yearning for a better land, for fairer 
pay for the labor of our hands, for freedom, 
and for life. Sustain us. Speak to us, we 
beseech thee, through human lips that voice 
thy sympathy and loving care. Send us 
friends who shall surround us with thy pro- 
tecting arm. Be tender toward those whom 
we have left behind, our loved ones too 
old to risk the unknown; the excluded, 
unfitted by adversity to endure the test. 
So hearten us that with cheerful mien we 
may give our best to the land of our adop- 
tion. And through all the trials and uncer- 
tainties of our new life, may we not lose 
our religious heritage, but endure patiently, 
and strive manfully, in the thought of him 
who suffered and died that we might live. 
Amen. 



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(Kije draper of tfje Jfarmer 

OGOD, our Father, who madest earth 
and heaven and givest the day for 
toil and the night for rest, and pro- 
videst thy children with daily 
bread, we bless thy holy name. 

We thank thee for the earth that bringeth 
forth in its seasons. Thine are the fields 
and the flocks and the cattle on a thousand 
hills. We thank thee for the beauty and 
delight of each hour; for the yielding touch 
of the soft earth and the unyielding 
strength of the firm oak; for the comrade- 
ship of thy creatures, great and small; for 
the music of running waters; for the mir- 
acle of seed and the wonder of blossom. 
We thank thee for the fellowship and inter- 
dependence of neighbors; for the quicken- 
ing of daily prayer and the joy of human 
love. Above all, we thank thee for the 
Bible, for the Church, and for thy crowning 
gift, Jesus Christ, who by his Spirit dwell- 
eth in the hearts of us humble folk and ex- 
alteth us to be heirs with him and cowork- 
ers with thee. 

Grant to us the neighborly spirit of 
kindliness and forbearance. Give us the 
power to praise despite differences and to 
trust in the face of delinquencies* Teach 
us to desire growth, to expect change, and, 
forgetting not past benefits, to provide for 
future blessings. Bestow upon us thy 
grace, our Father, that we may gather thy 
riches without selfishness, garner them 
without covetousness, and distribute them 
as thy bounty with all joy. 

Empower our souls to venture so dar- 
ingly in the way of Christlikeness that the 
humblest child of earth, in want, error, or 
anguish, shall not suffer from our neglect. 
Grant us power to live the abundant life 
and build here its glory and thine. Amen. 



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3Ci)e draper of a Eeb iHlan 

O GREAT Spirit, Creator, from whose 
breath comes life for all creatures, 
we lift up our faces from the wor- 
ship of mountains, rivers, the moon 
and the stars, to thee, who alone deserves 
honor and praise. We, who one time wor- 
shiped every living creature and made unto 
us images of them, now thank thee for the 
truth that our good is in thee alone. 

Because of our error we have wandered 
far. Thy red children are sick. Diseases 
are cutting short the number of our days. 
We do not know how to live in the white 
man's house. Our men who were wont 
to sit in silence and give counsel to the 
little ones now stagger to and fro and have 
no reason. The fire-water of the paleface 
worketh like a fierce beast in them. Hus- 
band and wife are separated. Our fires are 
but ashes and there is desolation in our 
hearts. We have been despoiled of our 
lands. Our young men, though they may 
speak well the language of the paleface, 
have hearts strong for the evil way. Thou 
seest how many are groping in the dark- 
ness. Thou knowest the drunkenness, the 
families broken asunder, and the evils that 
bring us disease, pain, great sorrow, and 
the death that brings no relief. 

O Great Spirit, deliver us now through 
thy strong Son, Christ, our elder Brother. 
Save us from ourselves. Restore our fire- 
sides. Give us the power to follow in the 
footsteps of thy Son in whom we find no 
strife, no war, no disease, but peace and 
health and joy. May we rejoice again in 
the blue sky, the green hillside, the mur- 
muring brooks, the birds, and the flowers. 

Lead us all into that friendship with him 
that lasts to-day and after the sunset of 
life. In his name, we ask it. Amen. 



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W^t draper of an American i^egro 

OTHOU FATHER, from whom every 
family in heaven and on earth is 
named, hear the prayer of thy chil- 
dren. 

Hear thou our confession. Forgive the 
weakness of the flesh, the feebleness of 
will, the neglect of opportunity, the choice 
of the better rather than the best. 

Accept our gratitude. We thank thee for 
the way in which thou hast led us in these 
years of testing, from our ancestral home 
to this place of our sojourn. Though the 
way has often been rough, we now begin to 
see more clearly thy hand of love over all. 

Grant our petition. Grant us grace in the 
sight of those into whose hands thou hast 
delivered us. Thou hast made the white 
man our teacher; grant him wisdom and us 
patience. We look to him as a model; 
grant him rectitude of example and us dis- 
criminating judgment. Thou hast made us 
helpers with him; grant him the spirit of 
unerring justice and us the spirit of uncon- 
querable hope. We earnestly pray that 
through his generosity of heart under the 
operation of thy Spirit, and through our 
worth inwrought by thy grace, we may 
enjoy that fulness of economic, civic, social, 
educational, and spiritual opportunity by 
which we may be enabled to contribute our 
full share to the civilization of this land 
and the redemption of our brethren across 
the sea. 

In the name of him who was the Son of 
man as well as the Son of God. Amen. 



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Wift draper of a Japanesie 

OGOD, the Father of all mankind, 
we call upon thee to manifest once 
more that great power wielded by 
thy servant, Moses, in leading thy 
children out of the curse of bondage into 
the promised land. We trust in thine un- 
changing purpose to lead the nations from 
greed and unbelief into the glory of love 
and faith. Japan is one of thy nations. We 
behold her great social needs. We see her 
threatened by materialism and agnosticism. 
We beseech thee, loving Father, that thou 
wouldst touch the hearts of her able leaders 
and kindle within them a noble yearning 
and true love, that they may discharge 
their duties in the spirit of our Master who 
died that others might have life and have it 
more abundantly. 

^ Then, O Father, open the hearts of Chris- 
tian men and women, that they may re- 
spond to thy call to the frontier of Chris- 
tendom, where the love of God in Christ is 
needed to reconstruct a nation. Grant 
that strong young men and women may 
give their lives to the great task of saving 
Japan from intellectual and material arro- 
gance, and of transforming her into thy 
kingdom, where faith, hope, and love reign 
supreme. Amen. 



36 




Wi^t draper of a i^orean 

'LMIGHTY GOD, Giver of all good 
gifts and Father of all mankind, 
we thank thee for thy grace, mercy, 
and love which have been revealed 
to us in Jesus Christ. We thank thee, O 
gracious Father, for thy servants who have 
been brave and faithful in carrying thy 
message to all mankind. We rejoice that 
thy kingdom has been extended to all the 
nations of the world. 

We pray for Korea, where thy Spirit has 
already been manifested with wonderful 
power. The people suffer from sin and 
ignorance. May thy Church in Korea be 
given power and wisdom to meet its task 
in the perplexing social conditions of to- 
day. May the social awakening, industrial 
unrest, race mingling, and the changing 
order of Korean society become an oppor- 
tunity to spread the Fatherhood of God 
and brotherhood of man. Grant us thy 
wisdom, O thou Help of the helpless, to 
meet the crisis which the people of Korea 
are now facing. 

O God, do thou open the eyes of strong 
young men and young women to see the 
great opportunity of Christianizing the 
social order in Korea to-day. Open their 
ears to hear thy command, "Go," and the 
cry of the Korean people, "Come over into 
Korea and help us!" We ask these things 
for Jesus' sake and for the Koreans* sake. 
Amen. 



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?![:i)e draper of a Cijinejfe 

eRACIOUS GOD, Giver of all good 
gifts and loving Father of all man- 
kind, for China and her millions 
we come before thee with this 
petition. How great is her need of thee 
at this hour of transition and reformation! 
We see forces that are dark and ungodly 
surging and surrounding this newly- 
awakened land, foes from without and foes 
from within. Lift her and guide her, we 
do pray thee, that through all the trials 
and uncertainty of the present she may 
soon emerge a nation purged from all im- 
purity and heralding peace and righteous- 
ness on earth. 

Father, we know the task is tremendous. 
Grant us courage for it. We pray for guid- 
ance and strength for all those who are 
engaged in the regeneration of China and 
her people. May those who are active in 
the government rule with pure motives 
and in the spirit of service. And may 
those who are working directly for the 
coming of thy kingdom in China, mis- 
sionaries and native workers alike, preach, 
through word and deed, with power and 
wisdom, that the hungry millions may find 
food and satisfaction in thy spiritual truth. 
May the day soon come, when, in bodies 
purified, minds enlightened, and souls 
purged from sin, there may be manifested 
the spirit of our Lord in China and through- 
out the world. 

China calls for thy light, life, and glory, 
O God! Bless her and appropriate her for 
thy kingdom, that the name of Jesus may 
be glorified in China and among her people. 
Amen. 



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®iie draper of a jFilipino 

OGOD, thou who art the Father of 
all people, we beseech thee to hear 
us as we look to thee for help 
in the solution of our national 
problems. 

We bless thee, that, through the agency 
of the American people, our country, con- 
fined for more than three centuries in 
ignorance and religious superstition, is now 
open to greater opportunities, and, in spite 
of bitter opposition, thy Word has been 
unfolded to us. We thank thee for the be- 
ginnings of industrial and educational de- 
velopment; for a government which pro- 
vides public schools in which our young 
men and young women may fit themselves 
for life, for material progress such as none 
of our ancestors have witnessed. Yet we 
are full of awe, and we beseech thee that 
our great material prosperity unattended 
by spiritual and moral development may 
not become our national menace. 

Help us, O merciful Father, to see that 
Christ should be the Manager of our busi- 
ness and the Teacher in our schools. 

Hundreds among us living without God 
are still the victims of ignorance, vice, and 
misery. They know not thy laws, they 
reject thy Word, and misery is their home 
companion. O God, we thy children need 
thy help and leadership. May we fight as 
brave soldiers of thy kingdom. Give us 
the spirit of the Christ, so that we may 
elevate our people into a higher state of 
civilization and Christianity. This we ask 
in his name. Amen. 



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tE^t draper of a ^elugu 

OTHOU Heavenly Father! Who art 
full of compassion toward all thy 
creatures, we thank thee for thy 
mercies vouchsafed to us through 
the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior. 

Bless, we pray thee, the whole body of 
thy servants who are separated unto thy 
work, and grant them daily fresh victories. 
Bless those who sacrifice to make known 
thy gospel in India as in other lands. 
Though we cannot repay their kindness 
to us, do thou repay them for it by giving 
them an unfaltering faith in thee and by 
blessing them with life, health, and all true 
prosperity. 

O thou Father and God, who desirest 
that all men should be saved, look in 
mercy on our own India. May her people 
recognize the truth. May belief in their 
idols and in their own ceremonies, and the 
superstition in which they are so firmly 
rooted, be shattered and may it be trans- 
formed into true devotion to thee. May 
her people no longer listen to false and idle 
tales, but be willing to hear thy truth and 
believe it with their whole heart. Lead 
our men and women out of ignorance and 
away from false teachers who deal in 
charms and spells, and bring them to the 
light of the gospel. 

Increase the zeal and earnestness of all 
the Christians in India. Raise up needed 
workers from among them. Stir them up 
to do faithful service for thee. Fill us with 
thyself, O Spirit of holiness. 

Gracious Father, hear these our requests, 
we humbly beseech thee and grant us thy 
peace now and forever, through Jesus 
Christ thy Son, our Lord and Savior. 
Amen. 



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tEtt draper of a purman 

OGOD, our Heavenly Father, we 
praise thee for the privilege of 
serving thee, and yet more for the 
privilege of fellowship with thy- 
self, of going into the inner chamber of 
thy divine presence. Lord, teach us how 
to pray. 

Grant to our people a larger measure of 
faith as we look upon the work that must 
be accomplished before thy will is done in 
Burma as it is in heaven. 

Save us from prejudice of race, pride of 
heart, selfishness, the evil habits of indulg- 
ing in opium and intoxicating liquors, and 
oi getting into debt through easy means of 
borrowing. 

May those who are named Christians, 
whether government officials, leaders of 
the people, or in any position of life, truly 
represent the teachings of Jesus, especially 
in their dealings with other people of all 
nationalities. 

Create in our pastors, evangelists, and 
young Christians, men and women, the 
same heart which was in Christ Jesus. 

May our churches learn to support their 
pastors, and realize the joy of freely giving, 
the joy of faith, the joy of service, and the 
knowledge that they are doing God's will. 

Grant to us, O Lord, strength that we 
may be able to respond to the calls of the 
many awakening heathen in our own land. 
As thou hast brought us into neighborhood, 
bring us into brotherhood. And the praise 
and honor and glory shall be unto thee 
forever. Amen. 



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jFor tfje ^etD Sntellectual ^toakenins 
in iHoglem JLmhi 

OTHOU who commandest the light 
to shine into the darkness, shine 
into human hearts to reveal the 
light of the knowledge of the glory 
of God in the face of Jesus Christ. We 
praise thee for a new day of political lib- 
erty; of increasing social freedom and in- 
tellectual awakening throughout the Near 
East and India. We bless thee for the 
spread of thy truth through the circulation 
of the Bible in all Moslem lands and for 
the increasing number of those who are 
searching the Scriptures. 

We pray thee especially for all Moslem 
students who have lost their faith in the 
old Islam and are drifting from their moor- 
ings. Give them anchorage on the bed rock 
of truth. 

We pray thee that thou wouldst direct 
the patriotism of the Orient into channels 
of national reform and progress. Deliver 
the leaders of this movement from race 
hatred and prejudice, and from ingratitude 
and conceit. 

We pray thee for all converts, inquirers, 
seekers, and backsliders. Send forth thy 
Spirit to do his perfect work. May the 
dawn of the new day not be delayed by 
our unbelief or lack of sympathy with those 
who are struggling toward the light. Send 
forth laborers prepared with hearts of com- 
passion, minds that can sympathize, and 
with the tongue of the learned, to win our 
Moslem brothers for Christ. Fill us with 
a sense of responsibility, and help us to 
redeem this day of opportunity for his sake 
who said he "must work . . . while it is 
day: the night cometh, when no man can 
workc" Amen. 



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:for tfje ^toafeening of inbia 

^ir^HERE the mind is without fear and 
r I I the head is held high; 
V4x Where knowledge is free; 

^Vhe^e the world has not been 
broken up into fragments by narrow 
domestic walls; 

Where words come out from the depths 
of truth; 

Where tireless striving stretches its arms 
toward perfection; 

Where the clear stream of reason has 
not lost its way into the dreary desert sand 
of dead habit; 

Where the mind is led forward by thee 
into ever-widening thought and action — 

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, 
let my country awake. Amen. 

Copyright, I9i4» by the Macmillan Company. 



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jFor iatrica 

Vw^E thank thee, O God, that the en- 
^I J trance of thy Word giveth light. 
\m^ May that Word have free course 
in the Dark Continent where the 
people have so long sat in the region and 
shadow of death. 

Save the people from deadly sin and cruel 
savagery, from the blight of superstition, 
witchcraft, and immorality, from the avarice 
and selfish greed of unprincipled men. 
May withered hopes be revived, and mighty 
and triumphant faith in Jesus Christ be 
the evidence of the coming of the kingdom 
of righteousness and of peace. 

We thank thee for the pioneers and 
martyrs who have laid down their lives 
to open a highway for the coming of the 
King. Bless, we pray thee, the heroic mis- 
sionaries of the cross who have gone to 
this difficult and dangerous field in thy 
name; and may the cross, first laid upon 
the shoulders of an African, be as the 
shadow of a rock in a thirsty land. 

Bless, we pray thee, the many faithful 
witnesses who have been raised up. May 
these native men and women be divinely 
guided in the establishment of homes, and 
schools, and an industrial and social order 
which shall be truly Christian. May they 
ever be endued with willingness to bear 
testimony to the wonders of divine love, 
with power to serve and with grace to 
suffer for Jesus' sake. 

May they who go forth in tears, bearing 
precious seed, come again with rejoicing, 
bringing in their sheaves from a redeemed 
Africa, to the glory of God the Father. 
Amen. 



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Jfor 0itxito 

ALMIGHTY GOD, our Heavenly 
Father, from everlasting to ever- 
lasting thou art God. Thou, the 
Father of all peoples and nations 
and tongues, thou, the refuge and strength 
of all who call upon thee in time of trouble, 
hear this our prayer. 

In this time of sore need we have tender 
sympathy for our brothers in troubled 
Mexico. The distress of deep unrest and 
fratricidal strife has beset them. Their 
land has been laid waste and their homes 
have become desolate. Their sons, by 
thousands, have fallen on the field of battle, 
the cry of the widow and the orphan goes 
up to thee day by day. The nation has 
poured out its life-blood. 

O Lord, we beseech thee look in infinite 
mercy upon their sorrows and restore 
quietness and rest to the land and justice 
and happiness to its people. Be pleased, 
O God, so to direct in all the affairs of that 
nation that leaders with true hearts and 
lofty ideals may come into positions of 
power and may they rule in righteousness 
for the uplifting of that oppressed people, 
worthy of a better heritage. May the bless- 
ings of true liberty and universal justice 
be theirs in full measure. 

To this end we pray that every effort 
being put forth by the government, by 
individuals, or by the Churches both for 
the education and the evangelization of 
the people may have thy blessing. 

May all idolatry and superstition, social 
unrest and wickedness, of every form dis- 
appear by the coming of the kingdom of 
peace through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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jfor tlje ilingbom of (gob 

O CHRIST, thou hast bidden us pray 
for the coming of thy Father's 
kingdom, in which his righteous 
will shall be done on earth. We 
have treasured thy words, but we have for- 
gotten their meaning, and thy great hope 
has grown dim in thy Church. We bless 
thee for the inspired souls of all ages who 
saw afar the shining city of God, and by 
faith left the profit of the present to follow 
their vision. We rejoice that to-day the 
hope of these lonely hearts is becoming 
the clear faith of millions. Help us, O 
Lord, in the courage of faith to seize what 
has now come so near, that the glad day 
of God may dawn at last. As we have 
mastered nature that we might gain wealth, 
help us now to master the social relations 
of mankind that we may gain justice and 
a world of brothers. For what shall it 
profit our nation, if it gain numbers and 
riches, and lose the sense of the living God 
and the joy of human brotherhood? 

Our Master, once more we make thy 
faith our prayer: "Thy kingdom come I Thy 
will be done on earth!" 

Copyright, 1910, by Luther H. Gary. 



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jFor tije Cfjurcfi ©nibersial 

eRACIOUS FATHER, we humbly 
beseech thee to bless thy holy 
catholic Church, and fill it with 
truth and grace. Where it is cor- 
rupt, purge it; where it is in error, direct 
it; where anything is amiss, reform it; 
where it is right, strengthen and confirm 
it; where it is wanting, furnish it; where 
it is divided and rent asunder, heal the 
breaches thereof, O thou Holy One of 
Israel, for Jesus Christ*s sake. Amen. 



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Jfor tfie Cfjurcfi m 3w Community 

O CHRIST, thy Church is planted in 
the heart of great and mighty cities 
where thy children dwell in multi- 
tudes. The need of these cities 
taxes the power of human organization and 
goes beyond the reach of unawakened love. 
Thy Church has vast resources for the 
healing of these multitudes, for the awaken- 
ing of citizens, for strengthening the hands 
of those who would transform their com- 
munities into cities of the living God. 

But we, the people of thy Church, are 
not aroused. We content ourselves too 
often with conventional and inadequate 
service. We do not give ourselves with 
passion to the movements of democracy. 
We have not as yet opened our hearts with 
generous love to our brothers from other 
lands who have thronged to our shores. 
The menace of disease, the wretchedness 
of poverty, the anguish of unemployment, 
the cry of neglected children, the shame of 
inefficient government trouble us, but we 
do not rend our hearts. 

Arouse thy people, O Lord. Cause the 
trumpet to be sounded to thy Church. Say 
to her again. Lift up thy voice. Give us 
vision, and strengthen us that we may 
hearten those who are battling for the life 
of the people. Send us into our communi- 
ties as living forces of faith and courage 
and cooperation. Keep before us the vision 
of a redeemed society in which Christ shall 
reveal himself in the devoted lives of his 
followers. We ask it in his name. Amen. 



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Jfor ^orlb=toibe Witntii to Cijrigt 

OEAR Lord Jesus Christ, who on the 
mount of the ascension didst bid 
thy disciples to become witnesses 
unto thee; give us faith to receive 
and courage to obey thy word. May we 
give thy message to the men and women 
who labor near us and live at our side. 
Show us how to interpret thee to the 
brother of toil and to the sister of sorrow. 
May we witness for thee in the common- 
wealth where we live and for whose wel- 
fare and progress each one of us is respon- 
sible. Make us realize that our citizenship 
is a Christian service, and its every act a 
sacrament. May we strive to make thee 
known to the farthest corner of our land, 
and to every heart that hungers for strength 
and peace. May we proclaim thee also to 
the uttermost part of the earth, realizing 
that this is the common task and the high- 
est privilege of all thy servants. Grant us 
such a vision of the great world and its 
need as shall make us eager sharers in 
speeding the work, now in our day of 
opportunity. Above all things lead us into 
godly union and concord, and teach us to 
find our lost unity in such work for thee 
and for the dying souls of men as shall 
bind us to the cross of a loving Savior, 
and in thee to one another. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the 
sin of the world, grant us thy peace. Amen. 



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jFor tl)e €xtensiion of tlje ^insbom 

QLMIGHTY GOD, our Father in 
heaven, who hast so greatly loved 
the world that thou hast given 
thine only-begotten Son, the Re- 
deemer, communicate thy love to the hearts 
of all believers, and revive thy Church to 
preach the gospel to every creature. 

O thou who rulest by thy providence 
over land and sea, defend and guide and 
bless the messengers of Christ; in danger 
be their shield, in darkness be their hope; 
enrich their word and work with wisdom, 
joy, and power, and let them gather souls 
for thee in far fields white unto the harvest. 

O thou who by thy Holy Spirit workest 
wonders in secret, open the eyes that dimly 
look for light to see the day-star in Christ; 
open the minds that seek the Unknown God 
to know their Heavenly Father in Christ; 
open the hearts that hunger for righteous- 
ness to find eternal peace in Christ. Deliver 
the poor prisoners of ignorance and cap- 
tives of idolatry, break down the bars of 
error, and dispel the shadows of the ancient 
night; lift up the gates, and let the King 
of glory and the Prince of Peace come in. 

Thy kingdom, O Christ, is an everlasting 
kingdom! Strengthen thy servants to pray 
and labor and wait for its appearing; for- 
give our little faith and the weakness of 
our endeavor; hasten the day when all 
nations shall be at peace in thee, and every 
land and every heart throughout the world 
shall bless the name of the Lord Jesus, to 
the glory of God the Father. Amen. 



50 



Jfor tfje ^preab of tfje (gospel 

OLORD, our Savior, who hast 
warned us that thou wilt require 
much of those to whom much is 
given; grant that we, whose lot 
thou hast cast in so goodly a heritage, may 
strive together the more abundantly by 
prayer, by almsgiving, and by every other 
appointed means, to extend to others what 
we so richly enjoy; and, as we have entered 
into the labors of other men, so to labor 
that in their turn other men may enter 
into ours, to the fulfilling of thy holy will 
and our everlasting salvation. Amen. 



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OGOD, who hast made of one blood 
all nations of men to dwell on 
the face of the whole earth, and 
didst send thy blessed Son to 
preach peace to them that are far off and 
to them that are nigh; grant that all men 
everywhere may seek after thee and find 
thee. Bring the nations into thy fold, and 
add the heathen to thine inheritance. And 
we pray thee shortly to accomplish the 
number of thine elect, and to hasten thy 
kingdom; through the same Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



52 



yjVOST gracious and blessed God, we 
111 adore thee for thy gracious pur- 
pJL^ poses for a lost world, and bless 
thee that thou dost permit men to 
share with thee in thine infinite plan of 
mercy and grace. 

We thank thee for the prophets and 
apostles and martyrs, and for the noble 
company of disciples in all the centuries, 
who, endowed and inspired by thyself, laid 
their lives on the altar of sacrifice and 
service. We bless thee for the multitudes 
v/ho to-day, in so many lands have entered 
into the fellowship of this ministry and 
are seeking to live the Christ-life, to pub- 
lish the glad news, and to bring men every- 
where to know Jesus Christ as the only 
Savior of mankind. Thrust forth, we pray 
thee, more laborers into the fields that are 
white unto the harvest, that all open doors 
may be entered speedily and that the day 
may soon dawn when all nations shall own 
him Lord. 

Enrich thy missionary servants continu- 
ally, we pray thee, with fresh baptisms of 
the Holy Ghost, that their ministry may 
be in the demonstration of the Spirit and 
of power. May they be living epistles, 
written by the Spirit of God, known ana 
read of all men. So open their eyes to the 
riches of the glory of the inheritance in 
Christ that they shall endure gladly the 
present trial, in view of the exceeding and 
eternal weight of glory. May the great 
cloud of witnesses, the innumerable com- 
pany of those who have gone before and 
entered into rest, be to them even now an 
inspiration and a joy. Make them to sing 
thy song, to walk in thy light, and to know 
thy joy and thy peace. 

All these things we ask in the name of 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

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'LMIGHTY GOD, who hast the 
hearts of all men in thy keeping, 
and who canst turn them as the 
rivers of water; move the hearts 
of many of thy servants, who are duly 
qualified in body and soul, to offer them- 
selves for the work of thy Church abroad. 
The fields are white to the harvest; oh 
send forth reapers into them. Inspire many 
with a fervent love for souls, and with a 
strong desire to tell it out among the 
heathen that the Lord is King. Raise up 
both men and women who may count all 
things but dross for the sake of Christ. 
Call forth and separate to thyself many 
a one, as thou didst Paul and Barnabas, 
for this great work. O God, give thou the 
word, and great shall be the company of 
the preachers. Make thy voice to reach to 
the inmost soul of many. Make the love of 
Christ to constrain them. Breathe, by thy 
Holy Spirit, fresh life into our Church, and 
thy missionaries shall arise, an exceeding 
great army. O Lord, put forth thy strength 
and come and help us. Draw forth many 
from amongst us. Let not the love of 
country nor of kindred hold any back. 
Let none resist thy call, and so forfeit the 
rich crown which thou wouldst that they 
should win. Hear us for the sake of him 
who is the Church's Head, our Lord and 
God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 



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jfor Eecruits! amonB Womm 

QLMIGHTY GOD, Lord of the har- 
vest, we humbly beseech thee to 
send forth more laborers into thy 
harvest, and especially to put it 
into the hearts of many faithful women to 
give themselves to thy work in the mission 
field; or, if they cannot go themselves, to 
give of their substance gladly as thou hast 
prospered them. And so may the bounds 
of thy blessed kingdom be enlarged; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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Jfor a iUlisiSionarp Mtttin^ 

OEAR Master of us all, we gather 
here this day to consider one part 
of the great field of mission effort. 
We are here in thy name and be- 
cause of our love for thee. Keep us from 
vagueness of thought, from indirection of 
effort, from self-satisfaction with the gift 
or the service that calls for no effort or 
sacrifice on our part. Give us that clear 
vision of the need which will make it very 
real and immediate to us. Impress upon 
our hearts the urgency of the call. May 
we realize that, as we delay, other lives 
are being spent in distress, in suffering, 
and in absence from thee. 

Make us willing to know with definite- 
ness the needs of our community, of our 
great land, and of the world, that we may 
be stirred thereby. Help us to have courage 
to measure our response by the need itself. 
As thou gavest thy Son to a suffering 
world, so teach us that our lives must be 
freely offered in full and loving service to 
the neglected, the needy, to those whom the 
world passes by. 

Send us from this place, O Father, 
searching for our share in thy work, and 
ready to serve where and how we are 
called. 

We ask all in thy name. Amen. 



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W^t l^taptv of a (group of ^ouns 
people 

OUR FATHER, we would yield every- 
thing to thee: our thoughts that 
they may be purified, our feelings 
that they may be sweetened, our 
will that it may be sanctified. 

Make us worthy to express the divine 
life in all our relationships, and give us a 
vision of what this little group may do for 
thee. 

O Lord, breathe upon us in new inspira- 
tion, that we may go forth to be more than 
conquerors, through Jesus Christ our Lord 
and Savior. Amen. 



57 



Jf or tfie Visible Mnitp of Cijrfetenbom 

OGOD, who art one God, though in 
three persons, blessed for ever- 
more, who hast predestined us to 
glorify thee in one body in thine 
only-begotten Son; we earnestly pray thee 
for the restoration of visible unity of wor- 
ship and communion between the divided 
members of the catholic Church in the East 
and in the West; that all who confess thy 
holy name and are called Christians may 
be reunited, as at the beginning, in the 
apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the 
breaking of bread and the prayers. Re- 
move, we beseech thee, from us and from 
all others whatever may hinder or delay 
this blessed reunion — all suspicions, prej- 
udices, hard thoughts, and judgments — 
and endue us with such ardent love toward 
thee and toward each other that we may 
be one in heart, even as thou, Lord, art 
one with the Father, to whom in the unity 
of the Holy Ghost be all praise and glory 
and thanksgiving forever. Amen. 



58 



jfor tf^t Winit^ of (gob's people 

OGOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, our only Savior, the Prince 
of Peace; give us grace seriously 
to lay to heart the great dangers 
we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take 
away all hatred and prejudice, and what- 
soever else may hinder us from godly union 
and concord; that as there is but one body 
and one Spirit, and one hope of our calling, 
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God 
and Father of us all, so we may be all of 
one heart and of one soul, united in one 
holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and 
charity, and may with one mind and one 
mouth glorify thee, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



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<@race before ^eat 



1 



OUR FATHER, thou art the final 
source of all our comforts and to 
thee we render thanks for this food. 
But we also remember in gratitude 
the many men and women whose labor was 
necessary to produce it, and who gathered 
it from the land and afar from the sea for 
our sustenance. Grant that they too may 
enjoy the fruit of their labor without want, 
and may be bound up with us in a fellow- 
ship of thankful hearts. Amen. 



II 

OGOD, we thank thee for the abun- 
dance of our blessings, but we pray 
that our plenty may not involve 
want for others. Do thou satisfy 
the desire of every child of thine. Grant 
that the strength which we shall draw from 
this food may be put forth again for the 
common good, and that our life may return 
to humanity a full equivalent in useful 
work for the nourishment which we receive 
from the common store. Amen. 

Copyright, 19 10, by Luther H. Gary. 



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Jfor an Sngtoer to draper 

"LMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us 
grace at this time with one accord 
to make our common supplications 
unto thee; and dost promise that 
when two or three are gathered together 
in thy name thou wilt grant their requests: 
fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and peti- 
tions of thy servants as may be most ex- 
pedient for them; granting us in this world 
knowledge of thy truth, and in the world 
to come life everlasting. Amen. 



6i 



^ebitation atter draper j 

I 1 

XHAVE power within me to accom- _ 
plish any work which God brings m 
to me. M 

In all work I cooperate with God and 
therefore cannot fail. 

Ill 

God's Spirit is filling my spirit with 
strength and with confidence. 

IV 

All fear and lack of confidence comes 
from my placing obstructions in the chan- 
nel through which God's Spirit reaches 
my life. The greatest of all obstructions 
is self. 



Instead of thinking of myself I will think 
only of pleasing God by fulfilling simply 
and with faith what he gives me to do. 

VI 

I am only an instrument in his hands to 
fulfil his will in me. 

VII 

All I need is faith and confidence and 
humility. 



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